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Takayuki Asahara

Takayuki Asahara

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Medicine

D-Index
92
Citations
67217
World Ranking
11056
National Ranking
317

Overview

Takayuki Asahara is affiliated with Tokai University in Japan and has made contributions primarily in the fields of medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research explores topics related to stem cells, molecular mechanisms, and cardiovascular medicine.

Their recent work includes publications on endothelial progenitor cells, inflammation in myocardial infarction, and stem cell senescence in myocardial repair. Notable papers include:

  • "CD34 positive cells as endothelial progenitor cells in biology and medicine," 2023, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • "Characterization of Endothelial Progenitor Cell: Past, Present, and Future," 2022, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Inflammation in myocardial infarction: roles of mesenchymal stem cells and their secretome," 2022, Cell Death Discovery
  • "Hematopoietic stem-cell senescence and myocardial repair - Coronary artery disease genotype/phenotype analysis of post-MI myocardial regeneration response induced by CABG/CD133+ bone marrow hematopoietic stem cell treatment in RCT PERFECT Phase 3," 2020, EBioMedicine
  • "Overview of Basic Mechanisms of Notch Signaling in Development and Disease," 2020, Advances in experimental medicine and biology

Among frequent publication venues are:

  • Circulation
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Stem Cells Translational Medicine
  • Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Cells

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Amankeldi A. Salybekov
  • Shuzo Kobayashi
  • Haruchika Masuda
  • Takayasu Ohtake
  • Sheng Yin

The primary fields of study are medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with subfields such as molecular biology, genetics, surgery, immunology, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

Key research topics covered in their work include:

  • Mesenchymal stem cell research
  • Angiogenesis and VEGF in cancer
  • Cardiac fibrosis and remodeling
  • Extracellular vesicles in disease
  • MicroRNA in disease regulation
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases

Best Publications

  • Isolation of putative progenitor endothelial cells for angiogenesis.

    Takayuki Asahara;Toyoaki Murohara;Alison Sullivan;Marcy Silver

  • Bone Marrow Origin of Endothelial Progenitor Cells Responsible for Postnatal Vasculogenesis in Physiological and Pathological Neovascularization

    Takayuki Asahara;Haruchika Masuda;Tomono Takahashi;Christoph Kalka

  • Ischemia- and cytokine-induced mobilization of bone marrow-derived endothelial progenitor cells for neovascularization.

    Tomono Takahashi;Christoph Kalka;Haruchika Masuda;Donghui Chen

  • Transplantation of ex vivo expanded endothelial progenitor cells for therapeutic neovascularization.

    Christoph Kalka;Haruchika Masuda;Tomono Takahashi;Wiltrud M. Kalka-Moll

  • VEGF contributes to postnatal neovascularization by mobilizing bone marrow‐derived endothelial progenitor cells

    Takayuki Asahara;Tomono Takahashi;Haruchika Masuda;Christoph Kalka

  • THERAPEUTIC POTENTIAL OF EX VIVO EXPANDED ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELLS FOR MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA

    Atsuhiko Kawamoto;Heon-Cheol Gwon;Hideki Iwaguro;Jun-Ichi Yamaguchi

  • Stromal Cell–Derived Factor-1 Effects on Ex Vivo Expanded Endothelial Progenitor Cell Recruitment for Ischemic Neovascularization

    Jun-ichi Yamaguchi;Kengo Fukushima Kusano;Osamu Masuo;Atsuhiko Kawamoto

  • Nitric oxide synthase modulates angiogenesis in response to tissue ischemia.

    T Murohara;T Asahara;M Silver;C Bauters

  • Statin Therapy Accelerates Reendothelialization A Novel Effect Involving Mobilization and Incorporation of Bone Marrow-Derived Endothelial Progenitor Cells

    Dirk H. Walter;Kilian Rittig;Ferdinand H. Bahlmann;Rudolf Kirchmair

  • Clinical evidence of angiogenesis after arterial gene transfer of phVEGF165 in patient with ischaemic limb

    Jeffrey M Isner;Ann Pieczek;Robert Schainfeld;Richard Blair

  • Angiogenesis and vasculogenesis as therapeutic strategies for postnatal neovascularization

    Jeffrey M. Isner;Takayuki Asahara

  • Tie2 Receptor Ligands, Angiopoietin-1 and Angiopoietin-2, Modulate VEGF-Induced Postnatal Neovascularization

    Takayuki Asahara;Donghui Chen;Tomono Takahashi;Koshi Fujikawa

  • p53-induced inhibition of Hif-1 causes cardiac dysfunction during pressure overload

    Masanori Sano;Tohru Minamino;Haruhiro Toko;Hideyuki Miyauchi

  • HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor mobilizes bone marrow–derived endothelial progenitor cells

    Joan Llevadot;Satoshi Murasawa;Yasuko Kureishi;Shigeki Uchida

  • Age-Dependent Impairment of Angiogenesis

    Alain Rivard;Jean-Etienne Fabre;Marcy Silver;Dongfen Chen

  • Intramyocardial Transplantation of Autologous Endothelial Progenitor Cells for Therapeutic Neovascularization of Myocardial Ischemia

    Atsuhiko Kawamoto;Tengis Tkebuchava;Jun Ichi Yamaguchi;Hiromi Nishimura

  • Endothelial Progenitor Cell Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Gene Transfer for Vascular Regeneration

    Hideki Iwaguro;Jun-ichi Yamaguchi;Christoph Kalka;Satoshi Murasawa

  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor165 Gene Transfer Augments Circulating Endothelial Progenitor Cells in Human Subjects

    Christoph Kalka;Haruchika Masuda;Tomono Takahashi;Rebecca Gordon

  • Clonally expanded novel multipotent stem cells from human bone marrow regenerate myocardium after myocardial infarction

    Young Sup Yoon;Andrea Wecker;Lindsay Heyd;Jong Seon Park

  • Synergistic Effect of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor on Angiogenesis In Vivo

    Takayuki Asahara;Christophe Bauters;Lu P. Zheng;Satoshi Takeshita

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey M. Isner
Jeffrey M. Isner Tufts University
Douglas W. Losordo
Douglas W. Losordo Northwestern University
Mitsuo Ochi
Mitsuo Ochi Hiroshima University
Masahiro Kurosaka
Masahiro Kurosaka Kobe University
Yoshiki Sawa
Yoshiki Sawa Osaka University
Toyoaki Murohara
Toyoaki Murohara Nagoya University
Joji Ando
Joji Ando Dokkyo Medical University
Napoleone Ferrara
Napoleone Ferrara University of California, San Diego
Kimiko Yamamoto
Kimiko Yamamoto University of Tokyo

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